Dress

A Native American (Ute) buckskin dress used by Lauriano-I-You, Ignacio's wife. The dress is cape-like and has fringe on the bottom and the sleeves. The upper bodice is painted yellow and decorated with blue, red and green beads.

Date

[between 1880 and 1910]

Notes

Accession ID: E.1326; History Colorado.; Curatorial note supplied by History Colorado: "Lauriano-I-You was Ignacio's wife. Buckskin dress. Hind legs of animal form capelike sleeves. Bottom of dress and sleeves are fringed. Upper bodice is painted with yellow ochre and outlined with blue, red and green beaded rows. Pieces of fur still adhere to front and back flaps at neckline. Lazy stitched with sinew. Over right front beadwork border is a bag made of plain weave cotton print, red, white and blue, contents unknown. At bottom edge of dress are 3 rows of navy blue horizontal[sic] beadwork."; Object ID: E.1326.1; Scanned image from loaned transparency including Object ID.; Title supplied.; R7200200262